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What should your daily goal sugar and sodium intake be?


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I have no idea what my daily intakes should be.

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not sure about sugar but sodium is about 2400 mgs per day

 

If you go by the "Nutrition Report" on the "Analysis" tab on this website:

Sodium - 2400 mg/day
Sugar - 40 g
Cholesterol - 300 mg
Saturated Fat - 20 g
Fiber - ???
Vitamin A - 5000 IU
Vitamin C - 60 mg
Calcium - 1000 mg
Iron - 18 mg

The sodium and cholesterol values are widely-known.  I find that I don't have any problem staying under these.  Occasionally, I go over on the sodium (since I'm eating frozen dinners sometimes that are loaded), but on average, when looking at a week at a time, they are always under.

I never can stay under the sugar one, even though I don't eat sweets.  Most of my sugar intake is natural, and I refuse to give up my orange juice because I believe the benefits outweigh...  Personally, I just shoot for staying under 80 grams, which is 200%.  I don't "limit" my sugar (since I don't think I'm eating many sweets and am not at all diabetic), but it never goes over 300%.  This is just what works for me, and I am interested to know what other people's thoughts on this are.

Fiber varies, but I shoot for at least 20 grams per day.  I think some diets recommend 25.

The actual values for the vitamins/minerals are what you get when you do the math, but they are usually always given in percentages anyway.  I just thought it was interesting.

When I first started out, I was curious, so I figured up what they say you're "supposed to" get, but the best thing is just to use this as a guide to find out what works for you.  I know you only asked about sugar and sodium, but I just included the others, in case others reading the thread are interested.  These are just what I've found, when I looked it up, so others might have found different values for certain things.  Your doctor might be able to give you some guidance too...  ;)  

Hope this helps!

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